Third round of Meta layoffs sends another 6,000 to the unemployment line

Meta has begun making the last of what it has claimed would be three major rounds of layoffs, although there may yet be further smaller series of redundancies to come.Facebook's parent company initially laid off 11,000 in November 2022, and at the time it was suspected that many more would follow. Then following further rumors in early 2023, Meta confirmed a second round of cuts in March 2023.That second round was said to affect 10,000 employees, but the total was to be split into two parts. According to Reuters, the March redundancies saw around 4,000 workers laid off. Read more...